Category: IoT

Set to Lead IoT Sales: In-Car Payments

By Chuck Martin The Internet of Things payments market will grow an average of 75% annually over the next five years, reaching $410 billion by […]

Autonomous Taxi Service Tested by Daimler, Bosch

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By Chuck Martin Autonomous vehicle testing around the country is picking up steam, at least from the perspective of the companies planning the testing. Now […]

Holiday Package Thefts Meet Smart Home Security Cameras

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By Chuck Martin The Internet of Things may have an additional role as watchdog for the holiday season. Many consumers already have had a package […]

Vacation Homes Toured with Virtual Reality

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By Chuck Martin Virtual reality is being added to searches for vacation homes. Texas-based HomeAway, an online marketplace in the rental property industry, introduced the […]

Steps Tracked by Smart Footwear

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By Chuck Martin The Internet of Things is expanding into connected footwear. Different forms of heated footwear for winter have been around for some time, […]

Smart Meters Hot in Europe; 31 Million Projected

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By Chuck Martin Annual shipments of smart meters in Europe will reach 31 million units this year, according to a new report from IoT analyst […]

64% Use Voice Assistants, 85% Use Smartphones, Study Shows

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By Chuck Martin Despite the advancements in Internet of Things interactive technologies and devices, the smartphone remains the most favored mobile device among consumers, according […]

Tech-Powered Purchasing Leads Holiday Shoppers

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By Chuck Martin While many shoppers will be visiting physical stores for holiday shopping, many also will be turning to mobile devices and virtual assistance […]

AI News Anchor Debuts In China

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By Chuck Martin Artificial intelligence is making the news. More precisely, it’s being used in a new way to report the news, in the form […]

Windows 10 PCs Get Amazon Alexa

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By Chuck Martin To add its voice agent Alexa to Windows, Amazon has launched an Alexa app for Windows 10 PCs. With the app, consumers […]

Google Voice Assistant Added by Kroger For Grocery Commerce

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By Chuck Martin The Kroger Company is adding voice ordering for groceries. Kroger customers can now interact with the Kroger Grocery Pickup cart using Google […]

Google Home Hub Gets Sephora Voice Tutorials

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By Chuck Martin Sephora’s entire catalog of beauty tutorials and how-to videos has been added to Google Home Hub. To start, a consumer can […]

Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall Joined by Intel Drones

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By Chuck Martin The 2018 production of the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City will include 100 Intel Shooting Star drones. The mini drones will be […]

Smartphone Shipments Around the World Slowing

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By Chuck Martin The bad news for the global smartphone market keeps coming in. Worldwide smartphone shipments fell by 7% last quarter, the fourth consecutive […]